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HDR

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WTS

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COMTO

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URS Corp.

WTS

PenTrans Update

March 31st, 2014

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Pennsylvania

Cooperation Between Two Transit Systems
Seen As Example For Others
-BCTV

SEPTA union head argues
transit agency can afford better terms
-newsworks

Harper bill would ban SEPTA strikes
-Montco Reporter

Pa., N.J. lawmakers launch effort
to rein in DRPA
-Philadelphia Inquirer

Why labor leader John Dougherty
wants subway extended to Navy Yard
-Philadelphia Business Journal

Philly in running for
neighborhood improvement grant
-Philadelphia Inquirer

New plan for 43rd and Baltimore
includes 132 condos/apartments,
stone panels and a fitness center
-westphillylocal.com

Jonathan Geeting
Philly Has an Income Problem,
Not a Housing Affordability Problem
-Next City

Geoff Kees Thompson
What CHOP Gets Wrong
About Its Schuylkill Expansion
and How It Can Make It Right
-This Old City

MARCELLUS SHALE: Drilling boom
costs Pa. thousands per well
in road damage -- report
-E&E Publishing

Prepare for increase in
PennDOT's vehicle fees
-Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Pennsylvania Turnpike to raise tolls in 2015
-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Turnpike Toll Booths Could Be Replaced
With All-Electronic Tolling
-KDKA Pittsburgh

Transportation fees increase,
fund York County improvements
-yorkdispatch.com

Howard Frank
Growth stops in Monroe County,
but the strains remain
-Pocono Record

Auditor General DePasquale Says Audit of
Port Authority of Allegheny County Shows Operations Improvement, Changes Needed
in Procurement Procedures
-Pittsburgh Urban Media

Montco plans to convert
more of rail line for recreation
-Philadelphia Inquirer

PA's Commonwealth Financing Authority announces two new funding opportunities
for trails
-Connect the Circuit

New Jersey

NJ Transit proposes new light rail

extension plan with Englewood as final stop

-Bergen Record

NJ mayors band together

for light rail extension

-RT&S

Legislators want to extend

light rail to Bergen

-Hudson Reporter

Editorial

Why we need to act on

Hudson-Bergen light rail now

-Bergen Record

Some NJ lawmakers coming around

to gas tax increase

-Burlington County Times

NJ fixes for Port Authority

pick up NY interest

-Asbury Park Press

Morris developing new transportation plan

to reflect county's changes

over past 20 years

-Newark Star-Ledger

Nation & World

Fitch Ratings: Failure to Invest in Transit
Could Hurt the Whole Economy
-StreetsBlog USA

Streetcars make a comeback
as U.S. cities seek to stimulate
economy, increase transit options
-Progressive Railroading

Neil Roberts
Transit + Technology: Revitalizing Public Transportation for Smarter Communities
-Planetizen

Public transportation is
an inexpensive option in many cities
-The Buffalo News

J. Alexander Maxwell, Charles R. (Chuck) Wolfe
City main street networks show
a drastic shift away from
historic patterns of human-scale design
-London School of Economics

Rail can be efficient alternative to trucks
-The Packer

GoRail
-Go Rail

Stephen J. Smith
Congestion Pricing in New York
May Come Back from the Dead
-Next City

Congestion Pricing Foes Sit Down
at the Table With Fair Toll Advocates
-StreetsBlog NYC

Parking Madness: Calgary vs. Jacksonville
-StreetsBlog USA

NIH Standing Firm On Parking Ratio
-Bethesda Now

Air pollution kills 7 million a year
as world's largest environmental health risk
-Standard-Examiner

Pete Saunders
A New Urban Revitalization
Model For New Times
-The Urbanophile

High Speed Rail-Go-Round

Amtrak and CHSRA seek
job-creation strategy from
high-speed train manufacturers
-Progressive Railroading

Diana Gomez
More freeways not the answer
for Valley transportation needs
-Merced Sun-Star

New York extends public comment
period on high-speed rail plans
-Syracuse Post-Standard

China's High-Speed Railway Empire
-China Digital Times

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         - HNTB
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-Parsons Brinckerhoff

Carol Martsolf

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         - UPenn
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